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At todays VMworld Keynote VMware Integrated OpenStack version 3.0 is going to be announced. If you are like me and haven’t had a chance to learn about the VIO offering as a whole then let me give a basic overview and then what new capabilities and features are coming in the 3.0 release.

What is VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) ?

VIO is an “Integrated Product” Approach to OpenStack

Standard OpenStack Distribution (delivered as OVA)

Deploys & Manages Proven Production Architecture on VMware SDDC

Fully Supported by VMware

The features that have been released prior to the this release and the ones in this release are:

VIO 1.0 (Q1 2015)

Icehouse Based

VMware Platform Differentiation

Production Ready

Simplified Deploy

Day 2 Operation Workflows

Automated Patching

Fully Supported

VIO 2.0 (Q3 2015)

Kilo Based

Seamless / Automated Upgrade & Rollback

Backup & Recovery

Customisations

VIO 2.5 (Q2 2016)

Kilo Based

Compact Architecture

VM Template Import

Scale, Perf & Stability Improvements

Simplified Monitoring & Troubleshooting

NFV Features

VIO 3.0 (H2 2016)

Mitaka Based

Compact VIO

Import existing vSphere workloads

VIO 3.0 Mitaka OpenStack Release

Latest OpenStack Release

Tons of improvements

Improved day-to-day experience for cloud admins and administrators.

Simplified configuration for Nova compute service.

Streamlined Keystone identity service is now a one-step process for setting up the identity management features of a cloud network.

Enhanced OpenStack Client provides a consistent set of calls for creating resources no longer requiring the need to learn the intricacies of each service API.

Support for software development kits (SDKs) in various languages.

New “give me a network,” feature capable of creating a network, attaching a server to it, assigning an IP to that server, and making the network accessible, in a single action

VIO 3.0: Slimmer Full HA Architecture

VIO 3.0: Compact Mode

VIO 3.0: Import vSphere Workloads

VIO delivers AWS Productivity with Private Cloud Control

If you want to learn more about VIO then make sure you attend the VMware booth in the solutions exchange at VMworld US if you are attending the conference or speak to your TAM/VMware Sales representative for a demo or PoC.